Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Written by David Allen
Narrated by David Allen
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About this audiobook
Since it was first published more than fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.
Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.
David Allen
David Allen is an international author, lecturer, and founder and Chairman of the David Allen Company, a management consulting, coaching, and training company. His two books, Getting Things Done and Ready for Anything were both bestsellers. He is a popular keynote speaker on the topics of personal and organizational effectiveness.
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Readers find this title to be an excellent methodology for improving productivity and quality of life. It provides practical routines that can positively impact daily life and help manage stress. The book is well-organized and offers step-by-step guidance for implementing the GTD method. While some reviewers mentioned poor audio quality in the audiobook version, overall, readers found the content to be insightful and useful. They recommend this book to anyone looking to take control of their lives and improve organization.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great book! Many practical strategies for getting things done, and keeping organized.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5good book must be read several times. the audio quality I add not that great
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm about to read or listen to this again straight away !
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good audio book , learned new, good points.Enjoyed listening, recommend anybody this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book with insightful directions ? wonderful work thanks allen
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These methods work even here in Kenya, East Africa. Thank you Mr. Allen for helping me manage my life. RichRoots.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Every thing you need to be successful…great word from David
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5points are hidden in filler text - not worth the time
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5this version of the audiobook has a very poor audio quality.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of the original productivity guides and still one of the most thorough, inspiring and thought-provoking. Allen's revolutionary idea was to change 'to do lists' into action lists, bringing all obligations or duties from all parts of our lives together into one organisational system. His key rule is to get everything down in a reliable, regularly-checked system, and to get it out of our heads, where it's contributing to a feeling of stress and being overwhelmed. Once we've written out our various projects, our job is to assess what steps we need to take to achieve them, and to focus, step by step, on the next thing we have to do - which brings us steadily closer to our goal without overwhelming us with one huge task. Straightforward and easily customised, it's a simple way to get your stuff back under control. I'm in the process of applying it to my work obligations right now and it is helping, though there's a long way to go. Bear in mind that most of the books you now see jostling for space on Amazon are pale imitations of this. Save your money on those, and buy this instead.But which edition should you buy? I'm currently referring to a copy of the first edition from 2001, which I borrowed from my local library. Its ideas are still relevant in their broadest sense, but this oldest edition now feels very dated, as Allen is writing for a world in which all filing is done on paper and only the most advanced executives might have a Palm PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which now sounds as archaic as a BBC computer. Despite that, the lessons can easily be applied to our modern, Evernote and Todoist-connected world. I've just ordered my own copy of the updated 2015 edition and will come back to rework and amend my review once I've read that.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Got it done! In more than 2 Minutes. Thanks
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The principles outlined in this book were practical, powerful and groundbreaking. The fact that a massive community has built around these ideas is testament to the groundbreaking ideas share in this book. I recommend to anyone looking to take control of their lives.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I came across Getting Things Done years ago on cassette tapes, was impressed with it’s significant value, then let the content slip away with my cassette tape player.
I am extremely grateful to have been referred to David Allen’s updated physical/digital integrated perspective for GTD, through this audio production. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Recording is not working well...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved this book. Borrowed from library, consider gettting more recent edition
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent step by step guide and philosophy for anyone (like me) that has way too much going on and feels constantly overwhelmed and inefficient. Just implementing the first, simple actions has made a huge difference. Can’t wait to do the rest!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was great. I really enjoyed learning about how I can organize my life better, and how setting up organization systems will allow me to think more freely. I recommend this book to anyone struggling with organization or feeling like they have too much on their plate.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Recommended by my Cal Newport, one of my favourite authors.. It provides a science-based framework for getting things done in an orderly and productive manner.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! full of ready-to-adopt, easy-to-implement, practical routines. chapter 4 has already started impacting my daily life positively. a must read for everyone feeling stressed by their daily workload.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really good book I think this will help me with productivity. Simple advice but yet really useful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5GTD framework is amazing. It is finally clear to me that I really need to learn to capture and process a lot of things in my head. This system really is what I need in my life
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just suggested. Great material good style life changing material good luck.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The sooner you read and implement this book, the most success you’ll find in surprisingly less time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is a really great refresher of the system and stocked full of new ideas and examples not included in the first one...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Probably the best book on productivity and well being! Highly recommended.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent methodology, well presented by the author. It is the second time I read the book, with some years in between, and this time having read the new edition. I recommend to anyone whose intent is to be more productive while keeping and even improving your quality of life and fulfillment. Thanks to the author!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s phenomenal and life changing if you implement these principals
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The content is great but the recording ha a ticking noise every other word that makes it horrible to listen at. I stopped listening
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting and useful, as long as you are implementing as you read. I believe this book requires two or three map sheets for the basic parts in the methodology. Mr Allen's voice is not the best voice for a 10 hour listening.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Allen's "Getting Things Done" has, since its publication, become a productivity classic and the GTD acronym has found its way into all sorts of strange corners of the world. The original book outlines the core philosophy of capturing and sorting every little to-do, task or next action to free up your mind.Allen balances the book out nicely by first introducing the overall concept and then walking through each individual component, step by step, using stories from his consulting business. This 2002 edition also includes quaint references to Palm, which gives it a humorous old-time feeling.